The musings of a wife, new mom, artist, and former elementary art teacher.

Muffin Tops

Disclaimer: This is not a recipe…it is a way to jazz up muffin-mix muffins.

I wanted to take some muffins to our Sunday School class this last Sunday…so I grabbed some muffin mix at the store. Honestly, I have not found a from scratch muffin recipe that I am crazy about. The mixes are, of course, very easy and they aren’t expensive at all.

I brought home a chocolate chip mix and a blueberry cheesecake mix.

It was the kind where you just add milk, mix, and bake.

I followed all the instructions for both recipes, adding extra dark chocolate chips to the chocolate chip mix. I planned on adding fresh blueberries to the blueberry muffin mix, but could not find appropriate blueberries.

For the blueberry muffins I added a cinnamon walnut streusel. You just sprinkle it on the muffins before baking.

Bake the muffins according to the instructions on the package.

After the chocolate chips muffins were cooled, I dips each of the tops in a dark chocolate ganache and then sprinkled each with a Milano cookie crumble.

Both muffins were a hit and they looked so tasty that no one even asked if they were homemade or from a mix!

Cinnamon Walnut Streusel Topping

1/4 cup flour

1/4 cup brown sugar

crushed walnuts

cinnamon

2 tablespoons cold butter

Mix together to form a crumble. Sprinkle on the top of each muffin mix in the pan before baking.

Dark Chocolate Ganache

1 cup bittersweet chocolate or dark chocolate, chopped

1 cup heavy cream

4 tbsp powdered sugar

Place chocolate, cream, and sugar in a small pot.

Stirring constantly, heat on low to medium heat until everything is melted and combined. Stir until smooth. Do not burn the chocolate!